Clinton, NJ 08809 is a small town located in Hunterdon County. It has a long history of being politically active, with local elections that draw significant numbers of voters and active involvement from the community. In recent years, the town has seen a strong focus on community issues such as traffic, schools, taxes, economic development, and public safety. The local residents often hold monthly town hall meetings to discuss these matters and other aspects of life in Clinton. Candidates for office are often vocal about their positions on these topics in order to gain support from the community. With its long tradition of civic engagement and involvement in local politics, Clinton is an important part of the political landscape in Hunterdon County.
The political climate in Zip 08809 (Clinton, NJ) is leaning conservative.
Hunterdon County, NJ is leaning conservative. In Hunterdon County, NJ 46.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hunterdon county remained Republican, 51.0% to 46.6%.
Hunterdon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 08809 (Clinton, NJ) is leaning conservative.
Clinton, New Jersey is leaning conservative.
Hunterdon County, New Jersey is leaning conservative.
New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area is strongly liberal.
New Jersey is somewhat liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Clinton, New Jersey: R R R R R r
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 08809 (Clinton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 193 contributions totaling $35,329 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $18,556 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)